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1. The Observatory

   The Legality of Publishing Hacked E-mails

   December 16, 2009 12:52 PM

   The publication of thousands of e-mails hacked from the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit led to furious arguments about the science and politics of climate change. When the e-mails first leaked, however, reporters and bloggers on... Continue reading

2. The News Frontier

   Live Blogging “Starting Your Own Media Company” with Fred Wilson

   December 1, 2009 03:58 PM

   CJR staffers will be live blogging this program at the Columbia Journalism School with influential venture capitalist, Fred Wilson. The event runs from 4-5:30 pm today. Read his blog, A VC: http://www.avc.com/ See the list of the companies he's <br... Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   The FTC to the Rescue!

   December 1, 2009 01:36 PM

   The Federal Trade Commission is holding a meeting today and tomorrow on the future of journalism. (No need to re-check the date on this post...this is indeed a "new" meeting on the topic). This one has a slightly more creative... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   Steve Dahl Thinks You Aren’t Qualified to Comment on the News (and That He’s a Cockroach)

   November 12, 2009 05:25 PM

   Steve Dahl, Chicago area radio personality and special contributor to the Chicago Tribune online, took to the Web to comment on all the useless commentary on the Web. When did public opinion merit the same amount... Continue reading

5. The Kicker

   Sad Stats from Seattle

   November 12, 2009 02:15 PM

   Ruth Teichroeb, former Post-Intelligencer writer and current blogger, catches up with her colleagues to see where they are now--7 months after the paper closed. The results are anything but reassuring, with less than 1/3 of the 71 respondents having found... Continue reading

6. The News Frontier

   Q & A: Financial Times CEO John Ridding

   September 11, 2009 12:40 PM

   While newspapers fight to stay afloat, the Financial Times is doing just fine. In fact, the paper has almost doubled its subscription prices and has been charging for online content. John Ridding, the Financial Times’s CEO, recently talked to CJR’s... Continue reading

7. Behind the News

   Lessons from the Birmingham Eccentric

   August 19, 2009 03:44 PM

   A little blitz of good press for local news hit the blogs not so long ago: the Birmingham Eccentric, a 131-year-old newspaper based in suburban Detroit, was living up to its name. Owned by Gannett since 2005, the paper... Continue reading

8. Behind the News

   We Just Don’t Know: An Interview with Jonathan Glick

   July 27, 2009 11:44 AM

   In the early 1990s, Jonathan Glick, a programmer and news enthusiast, approached The New York Times about taking the paper digital. That path took him to AOL, iVillage, and finally--when the paper was ready to have an independent Web presence--The... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   The Huffington Post as Moral Compass?

   July 17, 2009 12:17 PM

   The Huffington Post is-thus far-a success story for the hybrid news model of voluntary contribution mixed with professional journalism. Well, a success in the financial sense, at least. So, it was probably inevitable that the volunteers eventually would start getting... Continue reading

10. The Kicker

    OMG, Teens Are SO Over Twitter!

    July 13, 2009 03:00 PM

    “Teenagers do not use Twitter,” declares Matthew Robson, teenage market analyst and sudden media guru. Pause for collective gasp. Everyone in the news media is flocking to Twitter and other social media platforms in a panicked effort to retain their... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    Another One Bites the Dust…or, Maybe Not

    July 9, 2009 06:03 PM

    No doubt, local papers are in trouble and some say big national papers will be the last standing. But there may just be something about the hometown rag that people are just not yet willing to let go of. ... Continue reading